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<div class="field-item"><p>The newly-launched European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) aims to enable millions of researchers across Europe to use cloud computing to easily store, process, combine and analyse large amounts of digital data. To that end, the EOSC needs to be underpinned by advanced and accessible information and communications technologies (ICT). While Europe continues to invest in ICT to support scientific research, a successful EOSC would drive exponential growth in the computing and connectivity resources employed by Europe’s science. This paper explores what Europe needs to do to ensure it is prepared for a step change in the scientific demand for ICT.</p></div>
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Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:00:44 +0000Florin51180 at https://sciencebusiness.netKeeping up with the Cloud https://sciencebusiness.net/science-cloud/news/keeping-cloud
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<div property="schema:text" class="field-item"><p><span><span><span><span><span>As it opens up scientific data and tools to millions of researchers, Europe’s <a href="https://sciencebusiness.net/science-cloud">new science cloud</a> initiative is set to drive a step change in demand for computing and connectivity resources. Meeting that demand could be a challenge for Europe, which lags China and the US in the development of the supercomputers required to </span></span><span><span><span><span>conduct the extremely complex modelling required by some scientific disciplines.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>But a new paper published by Science|Business argues that Europe should prioritise software development over the deployment of hardware, given the urgent need to bridge different scientific disciplines using appropriate middleware. Such middleware would enable interoperability between the many computing and data silos within the European scientific community helping the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) achieve its goal of fuelling inter-disciplinary research.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Still, the paper recognises that Europe needs to develop greater expertise in hardware in the longer term: Hardware and software tend to develop hand-in-hand: early access to advanced hardware would help software developers create better tools for scientists. Indeed, the paper argues that Europe needs a broad, long-term strategy to improve its computer science, centred on better education, particularly in physics, mathematics, programming and data analytics. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Despite Europe’</span></span><span><span>s relatively weak IT industry, there may be opportunities for the region to lead the world in some areas of data-driven scientific research. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>In an age of rising nationalism and protectionism, </span></span><span><span>the paper argues that </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>multi-lateral Europe could coordinate global science. As it adapts to the requirement of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation, European science could also become a leader in the development of research techniques and processes that safeguard individuals’ privacy, while enabling social scientists to better understand human behaviour.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>The paper is the product of meetings of our Cloud Consultation Group, a gathering of members of the Science|Business university-industry network with a special interest in the science cloud. They include experts from ETH-Zurich, CERN, Microsoft, Google and others. While drawing on the members’ expertise, the resultant paper is ultimately a statement of Science|Business and does not necessarily reflect the views of individual members.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Noting that governments can’t generally move quickly enough to scale ICT infrastructure, the paper argues that Europe’s policymakers should focus on the demand-side of the equation, rather than the supply side. For example, Europe should look to extend its lead in scientific fields, where it already has a head start, such as tackling climate change and modelling extreme weather. Rising demand for supercomputing in these fields should stimulate the private sector to make the necessary ICT infrastructure available. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>More broadly, the paper recommends the EOSC’s rules of engagement balance the need to ensure users of the science cloud can harness advanced cloud computing services with the need to ensure the research community does not become overly reliant on a single provider or even single third country (such as the US) to meet its infrastructure needs. </span></span></span></span></p>
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Mon, 10 Dec 2018 21:09:37 +0000Florin51178 at https://sciencebusiness.netEU picks team of 11 to run giant European Open Science Cloudhttps://sciencebusiness.net/science-cloud/news/eu-picks-team-11-run-giant-european-open-science-cloud
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<p>The executive board, drawn from European research infrastructures and public research and funding organisations, will set the direction for the EU cloud, which has ambitions to build a virtual repository that could eventually provide access to all the outputs of publicly funded research in Europe.</p>
<p>Karel Luyben, vice president for research at CESAER, an association of 51 universities, was named as chair of the board at a kick-off event in Vienna. Luyben is national coordinator of open science in the Netherlands and former rector of Delft University of Technology.</p>
<p>Cathrin Stover, chief collaboration officer with GÉANT, an EU-funded e-infrastructure provider, is vice chair.</p>
<p>The other members are: </p>
<ol><li>Ronald Dekker, director of the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives, Norway</li>
<li>Rupert Lück, head of IT at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany </li>
<li>John Womersley, director-general of the European Spallation Source, Sweden</li>
<li>Natalia Manola, director of OpenAIRE</li>
<li>Juan Bicarregui, head of data division, Research Data Alliance</li>
<li>Stephan Kuster, secretary general of Science Europe, Belgium</li>
</ol><p>The board also includes three experts appointed in a personal capacity: Sarah Jones, associate director of the Digital Curation Centre in Glasgow, Jean-Francois Abramatic, a French computer scientist, and Jan Hrusak, chair of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures. The three were chosen for their understanding of research and innovation funding and technical knowledge of data infrastructures, the Commission said.</p>
<p>The cloud’s management structure has two additional layers: a governance board and a stakeholder forum. Together, all three arms will shape annual work plans, as well as the rules of participation in the cloud.</p>
<p>The Commission will chair the governance board, which will be made up of EU government representatives.</p>
<p>A team to run the stakeholder forum, which will mainly deal with scientist outreach, will be announced in January next year.</p>
<p>As in other sectors, cloud storage has become essential for researchers wrestling with growing datasets. The task for the people driving the EU initiative is to convince scientists to open up access to these repositories and share their data with others.</p>
<p>The EOSC will amount to a federation of existing and future research data infrastructures, in which access to both publicly-funded and commercial resources is granted via “a federating core.”</p>
<p>The Commission, under a €6.7 billion long-term plan announced in 2016, is offering to fund some of the essential plumbing to interconnect data infrastructures run by commercial and publicly funded providers, allowing researchers to share data and applications in a way that has never been done before.</p>
<p>The service is supposed to start by 2020, and so a flurry of studies and demonstrators are now underway to flesh out the details of how to knit them all together.</p>
<p>The Commission has said it will invest €600 million to support the core functions of the EOSC up to 2020. After 2020, the Commission envisages the activities of the EOSC could be financed by a mix of funding, including deposit fees from national funders, as well as revenues generated from users.</p></div>
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Mon, 26 Nov 2018 10:28:25 +0000Florin51135 at https://sciencebusiness.netHow will Europe’s ‘Science Cloud’ fit into the global research scene?https://sciencebusiness.net/science-cloud/news/how-will-europes-science-cloud-fit-global-research-scene
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<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>That is among 10 policy questions that need to be addressed by the new executive board of the European Open Science Cloud, according to a new report from the </span></span><a href="https://sciencebusiness.net/science-cloud"><span><span>Science|Business Cloud Consultation Group</span></span></a><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>, </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>an independent group of cloud experts from academia, industry and public-sector institutions.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>The consultation group has just published <a href="https://sciencebusiness.net/report/priorities-european-open-science-cloud">a list of</a></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>ten issues that should be high on the agenda of the executive board as it sets a direction for the EOSC, which has a mandate to enable Europe’s 1.7 million researchers to easily share scientific data and software tools. The European Commission is set to soon announce the members of the executive board, ahead of the EOSC’s formal launch in Vienna on November 22nd.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>As scientific research is global, the Science|Business group believes integrating the EOSC into the science clouds being developed by third countries is crucial; meaningful scientific progress generally depends on sharing data and insights across international borders. At the same time, the executive board will need to consider how to achieve reciprocity and ensure that all parties accessing EOSC services comply with European data protection laws. The group is also urging the new board to prioritise the development of a sustainable business model and a robust legal and governance structure.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>The Science|Business group’s list of ten priorities also includes nuts-and-bolts tasks, such as defining the reference architecture, completing a full definition of EOSC services, and detailing rules of participation for the science cloud.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>As it is being structured initially as a high-level expert group with no formal powers, the EOSC executive board will rely heavily on the influence its members can wield to make things happen. Therefore, the Commission is seeking to recruit well-known, authoritative figures who have the clout to corral Europe’s diverse research community to embrace open science and cloud-based services. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Meeting up to eight times a year, the board will be composed of up to 11 members. Up to eight of these will be recruited from the large pan-European research infrastructures, public research organisations, universities, public research funding organisations and industry organisations. The Commission is looking to balance the representation between research infrastructures, so-called e-infrastructures and end-users. The board will also include up to three independent experts appointed in a personal capacity. The Commission says these experts should be programme managers with international experience, understanding of the institutional framework of research and innovation funding, and technical knowledge of data infrastructures.</span></span></span></span></p></div>
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Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:16:24 +0000Florin51053 at https://sciencebusiness.netPriorities for the European Open Science Cloudhttps://sciencebusiness.net/report/priorities-european-open-science-cloud
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<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>As EU launches its cloud effort, a Science|Business group says defining relations with the rest of the world is among 10 top issues that need to be resolved</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>The European Commission is launching its ambitious “science cloud” effort </span></span></span></span>in November<span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span> to link researchers across the continent – but how will it connect with the rest of the world’s scientists?</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>That is among 10 policy questions that need to be addressed by the new executive board of the European Open Science Cloud, according to a new report from the </span></span><a href="https://sciencebusiness.net/science-cloud"><span><span>Science|Business Cloud Consultation Group</span></span></a><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>, </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>an independent group of cloud experts from academia, industry and public-sector institutions.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>The consultation group has just published <a>a list of</a></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>ten issues that should be high on the agenda of the executive board as it sets a direction for the EOSC, which has a mandate to enable Europe’s 1.7 million researchers to easily share scientific data and software tools. The European Commission is set to soon announce the members of the executive board, ahead of the EOSC’s formal launch in Vienna on November 22nd.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>As scientific research is global, the Science|Business group believes integrating the EOSC into the science clouds being developed by third countries is crucial; meaningful scientific progress generally depends on sharing data and insights across international borders. At the same time, the executive board will need to consider how to achieve reciprocity and ensure that all parties accessing EOSC services comply with European data protection laws. The group is also urging the new board to prioritise the development of a sustainable business model and a robust legal and governance structure.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>The Science|Business group’s list of ten priorities also includes nuts-and-bolts tasks, such as defining the reference architecture, completing a full definition of EOSC services, and detailing rules of participation for the science cloud.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>As it is being structured initially as a high-level expert group with no formal powers, the EOSC executive board will rely heavily on the influence its members can wield to make things happen. Therefore, the Commission is seeking to recruit well-known, authoritative figures who have the clout to corral Europe’s diverse research community to embrace open science and cloud-based services. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Meeting up to eight times a year, the board will be composed of up to 11 members. Up to eight of these will be recruited from the large pan-European research infrastructures, public research organisations, universities, public research funding organisations and industry organisations. The Commission is looking to balance the representation between research infrastructures, so-called e-infrastructures and end-users. The board will also include up to three independent experts appointed in a personal capacity. The Commission says these experts should be programme managers with international experience, understanding of the institutional framework of research and innovation funding, and technical knowledge of data infrastructures.</span></span></span></span></p></div>
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Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:01:04 +0000Florin51052 at https://sciencebusiness.netHow the Science Cloud could pay its wayhttps://sciencebusiness.net/report/how-science-cloud-could-pay-its-way
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<div class="field-item"><p>In the first half of 2018, members of the Science|Business Network’s Cloud Consultation Group met twice to discuss potential business models for the European Union’s proposed “science cloud” project.</p>
<p>This report is based partly on those discussions, but is ultimately a product of Science|Business. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of individual members.</p>
<p>This report is the fourth in a series that the group is working on, to gather private and public sector expertise on topics of importance to the development of the European Open Science Cloud.</p></div>
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Thu, 26 Jul 2018 08:08:06 +0000Florin50832 at https://sciencebusiness.netHow the Science Cloud could pay its wayhttps://sciencebusiness.net/science-cloud/news/how-science-cloud-could-pay-its-way
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<span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2018-07-26T08:05:31+00:00" class="field-wrapper">26 Jul 2018</span>
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<div property="schema:text" class="field-item"><p><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>The best way for the EU to get its bold plan for an open science cloud up and running is to focus initially on meeting the needs of the 725,000 researchers working in higher education. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>That’s one of the key conclusions from a new paper published by Science|Business, which says the the open science cloud’s top priority should be to make it straightforward and cost-effective for publicly-funded EU researchers to meet the growing requirement to open their results and data to other researchers. On the basis that </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>Member States’</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span> science </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>ministries</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span> and the EU</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span> institutions</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span> fund approximately two-thirds of the research conducted in EU universities</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>, the paper estimates the higher education sector could spend up to </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>€2.25 billion</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span> a year on services available through</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span> the new European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Once it is launched in November 2018, the EOSC could evolve into a multi-sided marketplace, akin to Amazon.com or Apple’s App Store, in which the value to each market segment depends on the participation of other market segments. After it reaches a critical mass, the EOSC will, like other marketplaces, be subject to so-called network effects<em> </em>(it grows in value as it attracts more participants).</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>The paper is the product of two meetings of our Cloud Consultation Group, a gathering of members of the Science|Business university-industry network with a special interest in the science cloud. They include experts from ETH-Zurich, CERN, Microsoft, the European Space Agency and others. The resultant paper, while drawing on the members’ expertise, is ultimately a statement of Science|Business and does not necessarily reflect the views of individual members. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>As well as targeting higher education, the paper notes that the EOSC needs to help </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Europe’s major research infrastructures, known as the big data science factories, make data sets and analytical tools available in an open manner – in many cases, policymakers regard public usage of the data generated by research infrastructures as a key performance metric. If it can engage university researchers across the EU, the EOSC could help the big data science factories demonstrate how useful their work is to the wider scientific community and help them justify their public funding. </span></span> </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>The Commission has said it will invest €300 million to support the core functions of the EOSC in phase 1 (up to 2020). In phase 2, after 2020, the Commission envisages the activities of the EOSC could be financed by a mix of funding, including possibly deposit fees from national funders, as well as revenues generated from users.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>A freemium model to encourage early participation</span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>To achieve critical mass, the paper suggests the science cloud should initially give registered researchers in universities free access to EOSC-certified data and related research tools provided by their peers in higher education. Under this “freemium” model, usage of the data and tools would need to be monitored to prevent abuse (only limited extracts could be downloaded). This monitoring would also enable the EOSC executive body to track usage patterns and refine the overall proposition. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>The EOSC will have to compensate the providers of the authentication, search and discovery tools/catalogues researchers will employ as they use the EOSC. Moreover, research communities will have to pay for their usage of commercial IaaS, PaaS and SaaS services provided by EOSC-accredited service providers</span></span> <span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>at commercial rates. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Once their research has been peer-reviewed and the resulting data and research tools certified as EOSC-compliant, the paper suggests the research team and its higher education institution should be given public recognition. For example, their contribution could be published in an “open science index”, which ranks researchers by their contributions to the EOSC. If and when the EOSC begins to generate revenues, this index could be supplemented with credits (or cloud coins) that can be spent on EOSC-accredited services. The credits awarded could be based on usage of the dataset</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Such a freemium model would help keep the barriers to usage of the EOSC as low as possible. The aim is to enable researchers in higher education to explore the potential of the open science cloud without incurring significant financial expenditure.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>From 2020 (once the EOSC Executive Body has a legal status that enables it to manage funds), private companies and commercial spinouts from universities and SMEs could pay the EOSC a subscription to access the services that are available for free to public sector researchers. At this point, the EOSC could also begin charging mainstream researchers working in higher education a low subscription fee to access EOSC-certified data or research tools, if the initial freemium model proves to be unsustainable. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Other potential source of revenues (as identified by the EOSC High Level Expert Group) could be fees paid by conformant commercial service providers to offer their services in the marketplace, a transaction tax on EOSC credit vouchers (i.e. a service provider is taxed a small percentage on each voucher that is redeemed against their services), perhaps combined with a transaction tax on private sector users. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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Thu, 26 Jul 2018 08:05:31 +0000Florin50831 at https://sciencebusiness.netSpotlight on the infrastructure for the European Open Science Cloudhttps://sciencebusiness.net/events/spotlight-infrastructure-european-open-science-cloud
<span class="field-wrapper">Spotlight on the infrastructure for the European Open Science Cloud</span>
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<ul><li>How the European Open Science Cloud can best harness the existing e-infrastructures in the private and public sectors,</li>
<li>The case for further public investment in e-infrastructure in the EU and the extent to which Europe needs its own independent and competitive technology supply,</li>
<li>The role of the European Data Infrastructure (EDI) and high performance computing (HPC)</li>
<li>The role of commercial cloud service providers and telecoms companies.</li>
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<div class="field-item"><p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>11.15 </span></span></strong><span><span>Introduction</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>11.20 </span></span></strong><span><span>Overview of EOSC progress from <strong>Jean-Claude Burgelman</strong>/ Q&A with Jean-Claude Burgelman<br />
<br /><strong>12.00</strong> How the European Open Science Cloud can best harness the existing e-infrastructures in the private and public sectors</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<ul><li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Commission contends that European scientists and industry increasingly process their data outside the EU because their needs are not matched by the computation time or computer performance available in the EU. Is this correct and if so, how big an issue is it?</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Existing public sector e-infrastructure – what works, what doesn’t? What needs to change for the EOSC?</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Is connectivity good enough? Is there sufficient storage capacity in Europe?</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>What is the best way to tap the private sector?</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>12.45 </span></span></strong><span><span>Lunch and informal discussion with <strong>DG Grow</strong> officials</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>13.30 </span></span></strong><span><span>Focus on high performance computing (HPC)</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<ul><li><span><span><span><span><span><span>How will it change science and research?</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>How will it impact the EOSC?</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>13.45 </span></span></strong><span><span>The case for further public investment in e-infrastructure in the EU</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<ul><li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Does the public sector in Europe need to invest more in e-infrastructure? Compared to its competitors from USA, China or Japan, Europe is underinvesting in HPC with a funding gap of EUR 500-750 million per year, according to the Commission. Is this accurate?</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Is the January proposal to invest €1 billion in supercomputers sound? Should the figure be higher or lower?</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>How important is it for Europe to have its own exascale machines?</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Does Europe need its own hardware/processors? Does Europe needs its own independent and competitive technology supply?</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>14.15 </span></span></strong><span><span>The role of commercial cloud service providers and telecoms companies</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<ul><li><span><span><span><span><span><span>How should they engage with the EuroHPC initiative?</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>14.40 </span></span></strong><span><span>Develop a list of recommendations and next steps</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>15.00 </span></span></strong><span><span>Close</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:56:35 +0000Florin50811 at https://sciencebusiness.netHead in the ‘cloud’: GÉANT network chief sees opportunities, challenges in EU projecthttps://sciencebusiness.net/science-cloud/news/head-cloud-geant-network-chief-sees-opportunities-challenges-eu-project
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<div property="schema:text" class="field-item"><p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>In its new, €94.1 billion research plan for the 2020s, the European Commission included some ambitious language about a project to link all European labs to a public “cloud.” That project, called the European Open Science Cloud, will be a game changer for GÉANT, says Erik Huizer, CEO of the non-profit, dedicated network that</span></span> <span><span>delivers</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span> services for Europe’s research and education community.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>“The investment is huge,” Huizer, who became CEO of GÉANT in July 2017</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span><span>,</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span> said in an interview. “We need to be there to support the EOSC and the EDI (the </span></span><span><span>European Data Infrastructure) </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>with the infrastructure, identification and authorisation, cloud procurement and cyber-security services. We will also have a broader remit and broader distribution.” </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Backed by €600 million from the European Commission, the EOSC aims to enable 1.7 million researchers across Europe to access and analyse each other’s data, while the </span></span><span><span>EDI is designed to ensure Europe has the high-bandwidth networks and the supercomputing capacity necessary to access and process large datasets stored in the EOSC. In its Horizon Europe research plan released June 7th, the Commission described the project as providing “Europe’s research communities with the next generation of data services for harvesting, storing, processing…and sharing big science data.”</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>For GÉANT, which has</span></span><span><span> interconnections with 38 national research and education network (NREN) partners, </span></span><span><span> “the science cloud opens up whole new areas and enables us to take our services to the next level,” says Huizer. “It opens up new distribution channels and enforces standards that will lead to a broader pick-up of our services, with higher demand for us to deliver quality, not only in the network itself, but especially in the areas of trust, security and e-identity.” </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Expanding the network</span></span></strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>As the cloud project takes shape, GÉANT, with help of the European Commission, is investing approximately €50 million in a new fibre network in eastern and southern EU countries to support the EDI and help integrate researchers on the bloc’s periphery into a more open and collaborative research community. “In Western Europe, we have a fibre core network, but in some southern and eastern countries we use a lot of leased lines and fibre is expensive,” Huizer noted. “I am talking to a lot of Ministers in these countries, together with the head of the NREN (national research and education networks), about this European investment and the need for them to also invest locally. It only makes sense if you have fibre end-to-end. There is no point in having a three-lane highway that ends in a slow track.” </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Once the EOSC is underway at the end of this year, GÉANT</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span> hopes to be leading procurement of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), using bulk buying to secure a good price and favourable conditions on data storage and processing from the major commercial cloud providers, such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Although he is sympathetic to the growing concern about the market power held by the major Internet platforms, Huizer sees these companies playing a central role in delivering the EOSC. “There is a lot of concern there, but I don’t see how you can avoid them. You have to follow the public procurement process and frankly the EOSC is not the way to establish a European cloud industry,” he said. “If Europe wants to become significant in the cloud industry it needs to aim for something unique, like guaranteed data protection.”</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Having been inducted into the </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>Internet Hall of Fame in 2014, after decades involved in the development of the Internet, </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Huizer is concerned about the winner-takes-all dynamic online. “</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Facebook, Google, Amazon and others have outgrown regional issues; they are now a global issue,” he said. “Zuckerberg’s appearance in front of the European Parliament was a complete farce. The world has a big problem with the major Internet platforms.”</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Drawing on his experience with the Internet, Huizer highlights the importance of a bottom-up approach to the development of the EOSC. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>“It needs to get scientists involved in the standardisation processes,” he stressed. “Not even biologists can reach a consensus on how to organise data, yet we need to build a consensus between biologists, theoretical physicists, humanities scientists and others.” </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Unanswered questions</span></span></strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>This is just one of many challenges the science cloud will need to overcome. “The biggest question is how do we create the data infrastructure,” Huizer added. “How much standardisation do we need and how much freedom do we give researchers to organise their data. Can we maintain the data repositories if they keep growing? How do we assure that scientists make their data available, open and free? And when do we declare data obsolete? When can we remove it safely? It will be very expensive to store large volumes of data indefinitely.”</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>To answer such questions, Huizer calls for the creation of an</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span> Internet Engineering Task Force for data. “You would assemble a data engineering task force in which any researcher who is interested can participate,” he suggested. “A proposed standard needs to have two independent implementations before it can become a draft and then when it has four independent implementations, it can move to final. This process should not be dominated by big companies or by the e-infrastructures, such as GÉANT.” </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>To prevent the EOSC being weighed down with the cost of storing vast quantities of obsolete data, Huizer proposes an automated approach in which an algorithm is used to spring-clean the system. “If data hasn’t been accessed for five years, then it at least should be taken off line,” he argued. “We need a consistent model that works across science – you can’t have different disciplines arguing about how long to keep their data.”</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Robust cyber-security will also be critical to the success of the EOSC, partly to assure scientists that they will receive appropriate recognition for the data and methodologies they generate. “We need to ensure that an obscure company can’t use data from the EOSC to file patents in a third country,” Huizer noted. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Although he is convinced research teams will ultimately benefit greatly from an open science cloud, Huizer believes it will be necessary for the funding bodies to make grants conditional on participating in the EOSC. “There is a very high probability that the financial lever - the stick - will work,” he said. “The carrot will come later when your researchers can profit from large scale of research. You need a leap of faith. But we may also need to compensate the front-runners with recognition.”</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>‘Not invented here’</span></span></strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Although the European Commission has successfully convinced the EU member states and the major players in European science to back the EOSC, advocates will need to keep promoting the concept to ensure it is not hijacked by vested interests or held back by inertia, a lack of trust or a “not invented here” syndrome. As a cautionary tale, Huizer points to the way in which most MOOCs (massive open online courses) have floundered because each institution wanted their own offering, rather than working with others.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Huizer would like the goal of the EOSC to be more clearly defined, so that policymakers can articulate what the science cloud is all about in a few sentences. “Everybody has a clear picture of what the EOSC is, but nobody has the same picture,” he said. “The EDI is very clearly defined, although that is much more technical, while the EOSC is 90 per cent about getting people to work together.”</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>To sell the EOSC politically, Huizer would frame the initiative in the context of the major challenges facing humanity, such as a scarcity of energy, a scarcity of materials, a scarcity of food and an aging population. “To solve those challenges we need to use creativity and ingenuity and researchers’ brains,” he noted. “We need to make sure people can build on each other’s results, so we need open access to scientific data.”</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>Given the global nature of the grand challenges, Huizer believes it should be a high priority to integrate the EOSC into similar initiatives elsewhere in the world. “Although one of the political goals may be to strengthen Europe’s position in the world, we need to harness all the creativity, all the thinking power in the world,” he said. “We can’t see it only through a regional lens.”</span></span></span></span></span></p></div>
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Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:09:50 +0000Florin50704 at https://sciencebusiness.netWhat’s next for the European Open Science Cloud? https://sciencebusiness.net/science-cloud/news/whats-next-european-open-science-cloud
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<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>A working group of the Science|Business Network has issued a brief roadmap of issues that need to be addressed. Once the executive body of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is set up in November 2018, it should establish at least 10 inter-dependent working groups to deal with a range of pressing issues spanning everything from the reference architecture to its legal status. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>That is the view of the </span></span></span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><a href="https://sciencebusiness.net/science-cloud">Science|Business Cloud Consultation Group</a></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span> - members of the university-industry network with a special interest in the science cloud. The group has proposed <a data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="72b42b14-4a93-45e2-9906-1ce354a78d27" href="https://sciencebusiness.net/sites/default/files/inline-files/ScienceBusiness%20Cloud%20Action%20Plan.pdf">a </a><a>high-level action list t</a></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>o support the development of the EOSC, which is set to be subject of a consultation process to be launched at a summit in Brussels today (June 11).</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>Although the European Commission </span></span></span><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><a href="https://sciencebusiness.net/science-cloud/news/condensation-point-science-cloud-begins-take-shape">created a draft roadmap</a></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span> for the EOSC in March 2018, that document left a number of key practical questions unanswered. As a result, the EOSC executive body will play a major role in deciding how the open science cloud will actually work and the roles of the many different stakeholders.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>To build on the work of the EOSC pilots, the EOSC-hub and other existing initiatives,</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span> t</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>he </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>Science|Business</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span> group has proposed that the EOSC Executive Body establish working groups with a mandate to define the reference architecture,</span></span></span> <span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>detail rules of participation, segment the EU scientific research community and define the EOSC business model. It also proposes that working groups be set up to complete a full definition of EOSC services, establish how the EOSC will be integrated into global scientific research, implement a process to enable total quality management of data, identify the optimum legal structure for the EOSC, define the long-term roadmap and i</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span><span>dentify relevant gaps in skills and education.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span>The full statement from the group is available <strong><a data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="aeff7357-ce50-4dbc-8f3f-79a72813e7ac" href="https://sciencebusiness.net/sites/default/files/inline-files/ScienceBusiness%20Cloud%20Action%20Plan_0.pdf">here.</a></strong></span></span></span></span></p>
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